Mary Dawn has always been a story teller. And now she has come up with a few stories of bugs you may not have heard about before. You'll meet a curious little spider, a firefly who learns to count, an ambitious ant that wants to see the world, a gifted grasshopper who hops into the Olympics, dancing leaves, a musical cricket, an earwig that solves a problem, a heroic little fly, a dung beetle that saves the day, and the little bug who invented a new genus called Bumble Bug Oh yes, Mary Dawn slips in two poems, one about an insecure princess, and one about a mouse that likes to fish

Snapdoodle is a magical collection of stories to be read to children and by children of any age. The fanciful tales are woven around such familiar characters as: a trio of Junebugs, a meandering mosquito, a rag tag teddy bear, a wonderful wiggly worm, the singing Lady Bug Trio, an inchworm that went to the moon, and a noise sensitive cricket. These are only a few of the stories created to entertain three generations of the author's children. But, dear parents, please don't just intone the words - act them out and use every kind of voice you can muster. Makes for lots of fun Notes from the...